(Heartfelt thanks to 'Eternal★Firmament' for the 1888 reward, and to 'Silent Miku,' 'Yunqi Qinggu,' 'Little H Otaku,' 'Shao Feng Ye,' 'I Love Little Sisters,' 'Soul Beneath the Azure Sky,' and 'Sakura None Kominami' for their rewards!)
Onstage, Wu Yan, who had been keeping an eye on Akatsuki Nagisa, naturally noticed her reaction. He interacted with the students as though nothing was wrong, but inwardly, he felt somewhat helpless.
For something like Demon Phobia, which was similar to androphobia, even he, who had mastered every spell within the 103,000 Grimoires, could not think of a solution. This kind of condition stemmed from psychological trauma. In the end, it was a matter of the sufferer's own state of mind. Unless Akatsuki Nagisa could come to terms with it herself, no one would be able to cure her Demon Phobia.
In other words, Akatsuki Nagisa must have suffered some sort of shock or injury related to demons in the past, which was why she had developed Demon Phobia!
He had only known Akatsuki Nagisa for a few days. Logically speaking, he had no reason to cure her Demon Phobia, nor any reason to make her accept him. That was why, although her rejection had hurt him a little before, he had not taken it too seriously. After all, probably ninety percent of boys would feel dejected if a cute girl disliked them.
But now, she was one of the students under his care. And for some reason, his bargain-bin little sister seemed to care about Akatsuki Nagisa as well. The last time he had used Summon Familiar, she had even taken the initiative to walk Akatsuki Nagisa home. They seemed to get along quite well.
Akatsuki Nagisa could barely be considered Kotori's only friend her age in Itogami City!
Even if he was